Sometimes following your instincts is the easiest path to heaven.
Clear style and unrelenting directness pave the way to success. Gotthard, the
highly successful Swiss rock band, followed this route. With their eighth studio
album "Lipservice" (in stores June 6th.), the band presents gut-wrenching
emotional work, which needs no explanation. Straightforward and skilful, the
record satisfies every rock fan immediately. Gotthard in 2005 - uncompromising
and spontaneous rock with an honest impact that gets to you. And it is this
honesty which has always been a defining quality of the band.

Nine years after the sensational album "G.", Gotthard
finally returns to its roots. It combines the freshness of then with the experience
and maturity of now.

The first single "Lift U Up" (out April 25th) is
a keen and confident statement - Gotthard hasn't sounded this strong in years!
No doubt whatsoever - these guys know what to do! The band is making its own
rules, making it personal and matching the mood of now. This Swiss band is recognised
as a first-class act world-wide - as famous as the mountain whose name they
share.

The band displays a musical personality equalled by no other
act. Singer Steve Lee's exceptional voice puts him among the greatest vocalists
of all time.

But that's not all. More than 2 million albums sold world-wide,
gold, platinum, double platinum and triple platinum awards, plus a golden single
("Heaven" ) and the official Swiss Olympic song ("One Team, One
Spirit) to their credit and the band is still on top. The new album "Lipservice"
bears witness to the fact that they can still take you by surprise.

The word "stagnation" isn't in the vocabulary of
this tireless group. The main goal of the band is to move ever forward. A small
change more or less is taken in stride. One of those changes was that stage
guitarist Mandy Meyer was replaced in the summer of 2004 by Freddy Scherer;
his recruitment brought new energy to the whole group.

The band recorded the complete album in their own studio near
Lugano. Roland Prent (Rammstein, Manowar, Guano Apes) did the mixing and mastering
of "Lipservice" in the Belgian Galaxy Studios - without adding any
extras. "We didn't want the CD to give the impression of over-production,
with too many effects and sounds," says Marc. So the production team of
Leo Leoni and Roland Prent concentrated on the essentials.

In addition, for the first time Gotthard took control of its
own financial affairs: G. Records was set up, enabling the band to access the
music business in new ways. In Switzerland the new album will be released through
G. Records.

The strengths of the group, however, remain the same. They
stay true to the principles established on the first day, unlike many other
bands: no change in line-up, no major crises. Singer Steve Lee, Marc Lynn on
bass, Hena Habegger on drums and guitarist Leo Leoni perform as one. The dynamic
writing duo Leoni/Lee is responsible for most of the tracks on "Lipservice".

And new addition Freddy Scherer - familiar to Marc Lynn since
the old "China" days - played his part in creating some of the new
songs. "Freddy is uncomplicated and open; he has opinions of his own,"
says Marc in tribute. "This makes co-operation easy, you get to the point
faster."

With "Lipservice", Gotthard indeed gets to the point.
In fact, it could not have been done better! The sheer talent of this group,
which has worked its way to the top on a scale that other bands can only dream
of, absolutely cannot be ignored.

And if you don't go weak at the knees when you hear "Lipservice"
... get help!